Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Strive Model Spreading to Other Cities
Living Cities, a collaborative of 21 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions, recently announced a near $1 Million investment into solving one of the most complicated challenges facing our country today – making the shift from a 19th century factory education model to a 21st century system of learning. Ben Hecht, President and CEO of Living Cities will make the official announcement of this initiative at the April 29, 2009 event to release the 2009 Striving Together report. This event will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the Drees Pavilion in Covington.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Strive Will Release Second Education Report
Strive and partners will release the 2009 Striving Together: Student Progress on the Roadmap to Success report at an event held at 10:00 a.m. at Drees Pavilion in Covington. Ben Hecht, President and CEO of Living Cities, a national philanthropic collaborative will also be on hand to make an important announcement about a major investment in the replication of the Strive model.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Strive to Engage Community in Improving Education for All Students in Cincinnati Public Schools
Strive announces today new work to create deeper connections between the grassroots community and the schools in the Cincinnati Public School (CPS) district. This work, supported by a $490,021 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is focused on increasing public ownership of education, including school system operations, successes and challenges, and consequently improving academic performance and attainment of students in CPS.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Strive Awards Endorsement to Cincinnati College Access Alliance Action Plan
Strive is pleased to recognize the hard work that resulted in the award of a Stage Two Endorsement to the action plan proposed by the Cincinnati College Access Alliance (Alliance). This endorsement means that the Alliance has established local evidence that the services they provide work for students, have implemented a plan of action to increase these services and are committed to collecting data ongoing to make continuous improvements.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
State Awards Grant For CPS ‘STEM’ High School
A planning grant totaling $596,770 has been awarded by the State of Ohio to create an innovative high school in Cincinnati Public Schools designed to promote excellence in the highly sought skill areas known as STEM — Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Strive Releases Education Report
On March 20, 2008, Strive and partners released the first Striving Together: Student Progress on the Roadmap to Success report at an event held at 8:00 a.m. at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Conference Center.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Strive Awards First Endorsements
Strive, our region's education partnership, has awarded the first Stage Two Endorsements to two Student Success Networks (SSNs) dedicated to Early Childhood Education: Success By 6® in Newport and Success By 6® in Hamilton County, a United Way of Greater Cincinnati initiative.
Monday, June 04, 2007
KnowHow2Go Rally on Fountain Square
It’s all part of a national campaign, KnowHow2Go, that kicks off locally Saturday, June 16, 2007 with a four hour event (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) on Fountain Square. All area middle and high school students (and their parents!) are invited.
Monday, March 05, 2007
College Resource Center to Be Unveiled by Mayor Mark Mallory
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory and representatives from The Cincinnati Youth Collaborative, STRIVE, and the Public Library will unveil the College Resource Center in a press conference at the Main Library, 800 Vine Street, on Friday, March 9, 10:00 a.m.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Strive Community Forums
Strive, with a vision to make sure every child in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky succeeds from birth through college and enters a career, wants to hear from the community. Strive partners will begin holding public forums over the next few weeks to solicit feedback, learn about issues and hear ideas from students, families, teachers and community members.
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